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Betting tactic
Answer for the clue "Betting tactic ", 6 letters:
parlay
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Such a bet or series of bets. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet onto a subsequent wager. 2 (context by extension English) To increase. 3 To speak about peace. To have peace talks. See also: powwow. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A parlay, accumulator , or combo bet is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers and is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. The benefit of the parlay is that there are much higher payoffs than placing each individual ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
parlay \par"lay\ v. t. To wager the winnings plus the initial stake of one bet on a subsequent wager, or to engage in a series of such increased wagers. Note: This is the characteristic act in a common betting system used by gamblers to try to achieve a ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He is a moderate who won election and later was able to parlay that experience into national exposure as a Washington outsider. ▪ His major was economics, but there is no record of any attempt to parlay it into a career. ▪ In ...
Usage examples of parlay.
Spyder Nielsen had parlayed his ski jumping into a reputation exceeded only by his fortune, and Trudi Can-delaria, by escaping the conviction for his murder, had fallen heir to it all.
More to the point, because Wal-Mart is so big and so obsessively focused on parlaying low prices into market share, it has forced both its competitors and its vendors to dance to its single-minded tune, dragging down wages with prices.
A month earlier he had parlayed the preliminary hearing in the Raynard Waits case into daily headlines and top-of-the-broadcast reports.
When it came, Evelyn parlayed it into a seat on the board of Global Communications, Ltd.
The call-girl who had sold her story to the press about their sexual escapades had been paid to recant her version of events, and the whole thing had been parlayed into a photo opportunity featuring Trevor Colson, stalwart Conservative MP, hugging the loyal wife who stood by him.
But then English bad not been his major-it was physicsand later be parlayed that degree into a doctorate in chemistry.
Dave DePugh and Janie, Sol Slotnick, the kidnap--some four-orfive-or-six-horse parlay buzz-bombed my brain.
Within three years he had parlayed his discovery into a Fortune 500 company and added the feather of corporate raider to his cap.
Nor was there any polite parlaying, though Drehkos had attempted such, sending a man be considered expendable, the abbot, Djohsehfos, whose monastery he had sacked.
He had told Colonel Phoenix that he still dreamed of parlaying a Creek Bend High School MVP football trophy into an NFL halfback career, after he had paid his dues to Uncle Sam.
Nor was there any polite parlaying, though Drehkos had attempted such, sending a man he considered expendable, the abbot, Djohsehfos, whose monastery he had sacked.
A service brat, Gina had attended schools in Texas, Virginia, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and Texas before parlaying a tennis scholarship into a business degree at Arizona State.
Old Parlays selling out, and the buzzards are gathering—old Parlay who was a stronger man in his day than any of them and who will see most of them dead yet.
The wreck of Parlays house was picked up, hurled into the lagoon, and blown out upon them.
It was almost like the card games in Hawaii and the football parlays in Las Vegas.